Drying

Drying

On-Site: Green Business Is Good Business for Fabri-Kal

Learning to deal with the particular characteristics of PLA biopolymer has opened up a promising ´óÏó´«Ã½ in “green” plastics for thermoformer Fabri-Kal.

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Today's Lesson: Drying (Part 1)

Listen up, please: This is going to make your life easier.

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Drying

Materials Handling: New Equipment Emphasizes Efficiency & Value

Visitors to the recent NPE 2009 show in Chicago were looking for materials handling equipment that could do more than dry, blend, or convey resins. It had to do those things while saving energy, providing faster and easier maintenance, speeding product changeovers, reducing labor cost, minimizing waste, and providing better value for money. The new products cited below addressed those needs and more.

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Drying

Energy-Saving Dryer Pays Off In an Uncertain Economy

Plastics processors struggling through the recession need to save energy costs where they can, they need an affordable means to do so, and they could use energy-saving technology that pays for itself during times when plant throughputs are variable and below optimum capacity utilization.

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Testing

NPE 2009 News Flash

Injection MoldingHybrid Press Has Electric ClampNew injection presses that combine servo-electric and hydraulic movements to achieve high performance with energy efficiency will be discussed by Arburg Inc., Newington, Conn.

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Drying

Know Your Plant’s ‘Energy Fingerprint’

It is commonly thought that energy use in plastics processing is fixed and uncontrollable.

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Resin Conveying

Improved ResinWorks™ System has Smaller Footprint; New Features Make Central Materials System Easier to Use

The Conair ResinWorksâ„¢ central drying/conveying system has added new features to make the system even easier to use.

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Infrared Crystallizes and Dries PET Faster and with Less Energy

In the search for ways to dry hygroscopic resins faster and more efficiently, infrared energy is an approach that many dryer makers find intriguing and potentially promising.

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Drying

PET Dryer Is Said to Cut Energy Use by 67%

A new method of recycling hot exhaust air back into the drying hopper of a wheel-type desiccant-rotor dryer is said to reduce energy consumption in high-volume PET processing by up to 67% relative to other desiccant dryers.

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